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ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2022

Current Developments in Diagnostic Assays for Laboratory Confirmation and Investigation of Botulism.

Dominick A Centurioni, Christina T Egan, Michael J Perry

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Review in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Machine learning-based typing ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
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  4. Equine botulism.Equine veterinary journal · 2026
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  5. The unsung hero:Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  8. Foodborne Botulism Caused byMicroorganisms · 2025
    Article
  9. Whole genome sequencing of neurotoxin-producingFrontiers in public health · 2025
    Article
  10. Botulism in fish: a review.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2024
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dominick A CenturioniWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9530-6288
Christina T EganWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
Michael J PerryWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
New York State Department of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of botulinum neurotoxin or isolation of the toxin-producing organism is required for the laboratory confirmation of botulism in clinical specimens. In an effort to reduce animal testing required by the gold standard method of botulinum neurotoxin detection, the mouse bioassay, many technologies have been developed to detect and characterize the causative agent of botulism. Recent advancements in these technologies have led to improvements in technical performance of diagnostic assays; however, many emerging assays have not been validated for the detection of all serotypes in complex clinical and environmental matrices. Improvements to culture protocols, endopeptidase-based assays, and a variety of immunological and molecular methods have provided laboratories with a variety of testing options to evaluate and incorporate into their testing algorithms. While significant advances have been made to improve these assays, additional work is necessary to evaluate these methods in various clinical matrices and to establish standardized criteria for data analysis and interpretation.

Indexed as

Botulinum ToxinsBotulismClostridium botulinumAnimalsBiological AssayHumansLaboratoriesMiceSerogroupBotulinum Toxinsbotulinum neurotoxinbotulismClostridium botulinumdiagnostic assayEndopep-MStoxins

Identifiers

PMID34586891
PMCPMC9020338
OpenAlexW3201879625

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Registered trials

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